Woodland Park City Zoning Code
§ 22-43.8
Application Procedure.
a.
Applications to the Borough Zoning Officer. All applications for the construction or modification of towers or antennas within the Borough shall be made to the Borough Zoning Officer who shall transmit copies to the Borough Clerk and the Borough Engineer.
The Zoning Officer shall review the application to determine if the proposed tower or antenna meets all of the conditions and requirements set forth in this section, as well as those imposed by all then applicable laws and regulations. The Zoning Officer shall respond to each such application within thirty (30) days of reviewing it.
If the Zoning Officer determines that the applicant has met all of the conditions and requirements of this section, as well as those imposed by all then applicable laws and regulations, he shall administratively approve the application.
If the Zoning Officer determines that the applicant has not met all of the conditions and requirements of this section, as well as those imposed by all then applicable laws and regulations, he shall deny the application consistent with all then applicable State, Federal and local laws.
b.
Application Requirements.
1.
In addition to the applicable documentation and items of information required for major site plans within the Borough's land use ordinances, the following additional documentation and items of information shall be required as part of any cellular communications facility site plan application:
(a)
A scaled site plan clearly indicating the location and height of the proposed tower, on-site land uses and zoning, adjacent land uses and zoning (including when adjacent to other municipalities), adjacent roadways, proposed means of access, setbacks from property lines, elevation drawings of the proposed tower and any other structures, the setback between the proposed tower and the nearest residential unit, topography, parking and other information deemed necessary to assess compliance with the chapter.
(b)
Documentation by a qualified expert regarding the capacity of the proposed tower for the number and type of antennas.
(c)
Documentation by a qualified expert that any proposed tower will have sufficient structural integrity to support the proposed antennas and the anticipated future collocated antennas and that the structural standards developed for antennas by the Electronic Industries Association (EIA) and/or the Telecommunication Industry Association (TIA) have been met.
(d)
A letter of intent by the applicant, in a form acceptable to the Borough agency, indicating the applicant will share the use of any tower with other approved cellular communications services.
(e)
A visual sight distance analysis, graphically simulating the appearance of any proposed tower and indicating its view from at least five locations around and within one (1) mile of the proposed tower where the tower will be most visible.
(f)
A radio frequency (RF) emissions report from a qualified expert detailing total site emissions.
2.
Each application for a cellular communications facility shall also be accompanied by a plan, which shall reference and/or include the following:
(a)
A site location analysis describing location of other sites considered, the availability of those sites, the extent to which other sites do or do not meet the provider service or engineering needs and the reason why the subject site was chosen. The site location analysis shall address the following issues:
(b)
How the proposed location of the cellular communications facility relates to all (legally or illegally) pre-existing cellular communications facilities in the Borough's inventory, any such facilities in the abutting towns within or without New Jersey which provide service to areas within the Borough and any changes proposed within the following twelve-month period, including plans for new locations and the discontinuance, or relocation of (legally or illegally) pre-existing facilities.
(c)
How the proposed location of the cellular communications facility relates to the objective of providing full wireless communications within the Borough of Woodland Park;
(d)
How the proposed location of the proposed cellular communications facility relates to the location of any (legally or illegally) pre-existing antennas within the Borough and within other towns or municipalities within a five (5) mile radius of the Borough;
(e)
How the proposed location of the proposed cellular communications facility relates to the anticipated need for additional antennas within and near the Borough by the applicant and other providers of cellular communications services within the Borough and also meets the needs for emergency services communications;
(f)
How the proposed location of the proposed cellular communications facility relates to the objective of collocating the antennas of many different providers of wireless communications services on the same cellular communications facility tower.
(g)
How the proposed location of the proposed cellular communications facility results in the minimal negative impact to the Borough of Woodland Park community and surrounding neighborhood.
The Reviewing Board reserves the right to retain, at the applicant's expense, any technical consultants as the Reviewing Board deems necessary to provide assistance in the review of the site location alternative analysis. The applicant shall beat the reasonable cost associated with such consultation, which cost shall be deposited in accordance with the Borough of Woodland Park's escrow provisions.